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#6 - Jason's Passions on Display

Name: Jason
Location: East Village, Chicago
Size & Type: 500 sq. ft. studio

Favorite resource: In the 'hood? Gotta be Sprout - great home store. Out in the 'burbs? The Kane County Flea Market - you wouldn't believe all the crazy sh*t you can find on the cheap out there. Online? The American Poster Institute links to tons of brilliant artists.

Pitch: I put my passions on display. I love travelling and quality brew, so my kitchen has a giant japan-centric world map and shadowboxes displaying 600+ unique bottlecaps from beer I've had all over the globe. I admire the power of language, so my bathroom has an SAT vocab shower curtain, photos of literary idols, and a paint pen for visitors to graffiti with.

 
 

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Pitch Cont'd: I love music, reading and my friends, so in my front room I built cd shelving into a window, filled three bookcases and hung on the wall a collection of b&w photographic "self-portraits" from those closest to me.

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Your favorite element: The constantly rotating collection of screenprinted gig posters hanging in my hallway. I can support the bands I love, display a healthy variety of artistic styles via a unifying medium, and it's cheap enough that I switch out posters all the time. It's like a mini-gallery right in my apartment.

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The bird on the wall is really cool!

posted by Laura on April 17th 2007 at 7:42am
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love that orange! .. and the supergraphic of the bird. people need more supergraphics on their walls...

posted by bl@ckd0g on April 17th 2007 at 7:55am
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I love your supergraphic, and also love the description of your bathroom! I have a dry erase board in my bathroom for friends to decorate and think a paint pen would be stellar. Also love the SAT words curtain idea (wish I could see how it played out) and also the idea of changing posters for the bands/music you love.

posted by jen6776 on April 17th 2007 at 8:00am
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Lots of cool elements, but the overall impression is too busy for my liking.

Perhaps some more closed storage would take away some of the clutter, allowing your uniquer finds to take center stage.

posted by phaedrus on April 17th 2007 at 8:49am
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Your pitch sounds really cool but I don't see the elements you mention in the pictures. I wish you had posted pictures of the kitchen and bathroom with what you've done instead of the less exiting living room.

posted by Azar on April 17th 2007 at 8:50am
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I *REALLY* need to know about the bird. Wow.

posted by tequila red on April 17th 2007 at 8:59am
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Such great things going on here with color and art... and the hummingbird is such a unique touch. Ultimately the apartment just needs some more interesting furnishings.

posted by Derek on April 17th 2007 at 9:18am
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Does anyone know where I can get supergraphics for my wall?

posted by Ducati1978 on April 17th 2007 at 11:34am
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hey i have those ikea blinds! weren't they a PITA to assemble?

posted by greengelato on April 17th 2007 at 11:43am
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Your place has so much personality, but it's not overwhelming - you've accomplished something tough for a small space. All pictures seem very cohesive. Great work!

posted by Manny on April 17th 2007 at 2:00pm
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I heart SuperSweet Feeds! And the Jay Ryan poster with the whale. Plus your dog is super adorable.

posted by CozyD on April 17th 2007 at 3:08pm
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Knowing Jason, I can say with really high confidence that his apartment looks like his hair.

Meaning...

> A bit out of control.
> Borders on bizarre.
> Brown(ish).
> Usually pretty clean.
> If you take the time to inspect the nuances you'll likely wind up staring in awe-struck wonder for hours on end.

posted by theParanoids on April 17th 2007 at 3:37pm
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This is one of those entries that I really wish was a House Tour as opposed to a three-picture-smattering.

Attention A*T editors: PLEASE "HOUSE TOUR" JASON'S PLACE

posted by Iron Horse on April 17th 2007 at 3:46pm
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I like the hummingbird. My dog likes your dog.

posted by Tollie on April 17th 2007 at 7:24pm
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I also wish you had shown all the cool stuff mentioned in your discription. The bathroom sounds especialy interesting

posted by Xeno on April 17th 2007 at 8:32pm
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The bird is brilliant, as is the giant poster. I would have liked to see pictures of what you've done to display your passions.

posted by stringy on April 18th 2007 at 1:45am
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Too many colours, not harmonius. Cluttered, too

posted by maja on April 18th 2007 at 2:27am
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Hope you win so you can buy more books- looks like you could use a couple more :)

posted by B&S-B!tches! on April 18th 2007 at 4:47am
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Bark! This place is great. Having been in it though, I'm surprised there was no mention of a Sega Genisis.... That would have put this apartment over the top!

posted by Kent Puppy on April 18th 2007 at 5:05am
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i wanna thank everyone for the great comments - and the voting masses willing, i'll post photos of the other rooms/views in another round.

but for everyone digging the ginormous hummingbird, it was crazy easy to do. i bought a stencil from stencil1.com, rigged up a desk lamp to cast the stencil's shadow on the wall, and then traced it with pencil. with a $2 paint brush and a tiny can of normal house paint, you get that lovely avian addition to the studio.

posted by jdsommer on April 18th 2007 at 12:46pm
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Where is that bedding from?

posted by Rory on April 18th 2007 at 6:48pm
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thanks for the how to Jason!

posted by sanna on April 19th 2007 at 8:15am
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Thanks for sharing the stenciling wisdom. Your shocking tangerine wall is electrifying! I want to come over and graffitti your walls.

posted by burntsienna on April 19th 2007 at 11:44am
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believe it or not, that bedding is from target. the whole thing - duvet, set of sheets, and shams - cost me something like $60.

posted by jdsommer on April 20th 2007 at 6:59am
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that bird scares the beejus outta me!

posted by SD913 on September 18th 2007 at 5:32am
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